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Balwinder Sandhu
Balwinder Singh Sandhu
Born: 3 August 1956, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major Teams: Mumbai, India.
Known As: Balwinder Sandhu
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium Fast
Test Debut: India v Pakistan at Hyderabad (Sind), 4th Test, 1982/83
Latest Test: India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, 3rd Test, 1983/84
ODI Debut: India v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 1st ODI, 1982/83
Latest ODI: India v Pakistan at Sialkot, 2nd ODI, 1984/85
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 12/11/1983)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 8 11 4 214 71 30.57 0 2 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 170 32 557 10 55.70 3-87 0 0 102.0 3.27
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 31/10/1984)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 22 7 3 51 16* 12.75 52.57 0 0 5 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 185 15 763 16 47.68 3-27 0 0 69.3 4.12
FIRST-CLASS
(1980/81 - 1986/87)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 55 59 13 1003 98 21.80 0 8 19 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1545.5 4690 168 27.91 6-64 5 0 55.2 3.03
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1980/81 - 1985/86)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 42 17 8 159 32* 17.66 0 0 12 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 363 1469 36 40.80 3-27 0 0 60.5 4.04
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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A right arm medium pace bowler who could swing the ball both ways and
a more than useful tail end batsman, Balwinder Sandhu's international
career lasted under two years. But this was a rather action packed
period. His debut against Pakistan was pretty eventful. Besides taking
two quick wickets after which Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad ground
the Indian bowling into the dust in running up a record partnership of
451, Sandhu, going in at No 9, top scored with 71. He again was top
scorer with 68 in the first Test against West Indies the following
month. So far he had been less effective with the ball but in the
helpful English conditions, he was quite a handful and emerged as one
of the heroes of the World Cup triumph in 1983. His delivery that
bowled Gordon Greenidge - the experienced batsman shouldered arms to a
ball that came in sharply - is still talked about even today. It
provided the much needed breakthrough the Indians needed in the final.
In the wake of his fine show in the World Cup, it came as a bit of a
surprise that Sandhu's international career did not last very long. In
1983-84, he played in only one Test against West Indies without much
success and was not considered thereafter though he played in a few
more one day internationals. His best bowling of three for 87 was
against West Indies at Guyana.(Partab Ramchand)
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